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Here's the Nebraska Chapter August 2010 Newsletter. Read all the Chapter Newsletters. |
It all started Saturday of Memorial day weekend when I flew my Stearman to warm it up good before a oil change. After a uneventful, beautiful flight I open the Y drain, drained all the oil, and then took the sump plug out and ran a magnet up into the sump as I always do, and the magnet came out spotless. I walked away to put my magnet back when I decided to go back and double check the sump, and as I slid the magnet back into the sump I heard it, that gut wrenching sound "klink." My heart sank and when I pulled the magnet out of the sump for the second time there was a piece of a bearing cage about one inch long. Read the rest of the story.
